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Breakdown of Les montagnes que nous voyons sont magnifiques.
être
to be
nous
we
que
that
la montagne
the mountain
voir
to see
magnifique
magnificent
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Every French noun is either masculine or feminine, and this affects the articles and adjectives used with it. "Le" is used with masculine nouns and "la" with feminine ones. Adjectives also change form to match — for example, "petit" (masc.) becomes "petite" (fem.).
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Questions & Answers about Les montagnes que nous voyons sont magnifiques.
Why do we use que in this sentence?
Que is a relative pronoun that introduces the clause nous voyons and refers back to les montagnes. It functions like "that" or "which" in English.
Why do we say nous voyons instead of another form of the verb?
Voyons is the conjugation of voir in the present tense for nous (we). Since we are talking about what "we see," the sentence uses the first-person plural form.
Why is the adjective magnifiques in plural form?
In French, adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. Since montagnes is feminine plural, the adjective magnifiques is also plural.
Why do we use sont instead of est?
Because montagnes is a plural noun, the verb must also be in the plural form. Sont is the third-person plural form of être ("to be"), so "The mountains are magnificent" translates to Les montagnes sont magnifiques.